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Transmission: First Patient
The earliest date of symptom onset, according to a study in the journal Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext -
Transmission: Patient in Wuhan
Patient in the city of Wuhan sought medical help for pneumonia-like symptoms -
Knowledge: Hubei Report
Local hospitals in Hubei report the first four cases of a "pneumonia of unknown etiology" -
Knowledge: Alerting WHO
Chinese authorities alert WHO about a string of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan -
Containment: Seafood Market Closed
The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market that was identified as a suspected center of the outbreak is closed -
Knowledge: Whistleblower Arrested
Dr. Li Wenliang was arrested for spreading supposedly "false" rumours about the novel coronavirus -
Transmission: First Death
First death was recorded and WHO confirms isolation of a novel coronavirus from a patient -
Knowledge: genetic sequence
China publicly shared the genetic sequence of COVID-19 -
Transmission: Thailand
Thailand reports the first case: 61-year-old woman who did not visit the seafood market -
Containment: Screening Measures
Wuhan implements screening measures for travelers leaving the city at airports, railway stations, and other passenger terminals -
Transmission: Japan
Japan reports its first case: mid-thirties man who did not visit the seafood market -
Transmission: Death and Case
A second man, age 69, dies in Wuhan & Thailand reports its second case, a 74-year-old woman -
Transmission: More Cases Abroad
The number of confirmed cases rises to 218, with cases in Korea, Beijing, Guangdong, and Shanghai -
Containment: China CDC
China's CDC announces coronavirus as a Class B infectious disease with Class A measures to prevent and control the disease -
Knowledge: Transmission
Chinese state TV confirms the human-to-human transmission of the disease -
Transmission: Cases Rising
US confirms first case in Washington state, a man who travelled to the Wuhan area & New cases in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taiwan -
Containment: North Korea
North Korea closes its borders to all foreign tourists -
Knowledge: Mutate?
Chinese officials confirm the virus may mutate -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Chinese CDC confirms 440 cases in mainland china and 9 deaths -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Chinese CDC confirms 571 cases in mainland China and 17 deaths -
Containment: Quarantines
China extends travel quarantines to five cities -
Knowledge: Public Health Emergency
WHO meets and decides not to declare the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) -
Containment: Quarantines
China extends travel restrictions/quarantines to twelve cities -
Knowledge: Hospitals
Wuhan construction crews are working on two hospitals to treat patients of the outbreak -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Chinese CDC confirms 830 cases in mainland China and 26 deaths & Confirmed cases extends to Nepal, Vietnam, France, Malaysia -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Cases are confirmed in Australia (1), Canada (1), US (3) -
Knowledge: Medical Worker
First medical professional who had treated people with the coronavirus dies from the virus -
Containment: Bans
China bans the trade of wild animals throughout the country, including in markets and online -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Cases are confirmed in Cambodia (1), Sri Lanka (1), Germany (1) -
Containment: Restrictions & Evacuations
HK and Mongolia announce partial closure of borders with mainland China, Japan and US evacuate their nationals from Wuhan, United Airlines suspends all flights to China from the US -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Cases are confirmed in UAE (1), Finland (1) -
Containment: Restrictions
US issues a Level 4 travel advisory for all of China, Russia closes its borders with China -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Cases are confirmed in India (1), Philippines (1), US (6) -
Knowledge: WHO Declaration
WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Cases are confirmed in Russia (1), Italy (1), UK (1) -
Containment: Border Control
Mongolia closes its border with China -
Transmission: Death and Case
US confirms the eighth case, the Philippines reports first death outside of mainland China -
Transmission: Discharge
First US coronavirus patient is discharged from the hospital -
Transmission: more than 20,000 confirmed cases
Mostly in Wuhan and official count of recovered patients exceeds deaths for the first time -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases & Death
Case confirmed in Belgium (1). HK report second death outside China -
Containment: Bans
Taiwan announces ban on foreign nationals who have been to China in past fourteen days, UK and France advise against all but essential travel to mainland China -
Containment: Quarantines
Hong Kong announces mandatory two-week quarantine for anyone arriving from Mainland China -
Transmission: Japan Cruise Ship
Japan confirms cases on a cruise ship Dimond Princess with nearly 4000 passengers and crew, announcing the quarantining of the ship for two weeks in Yokohama -
Knowledge: Criteria Changed
The National Health Commission allowed clinical diagnoses using CT scans due to a shortage of test kits, suspected cases are allowed to be admitted with respiratory symptoms -
Knowledge: Whistleblower Dead
Dr Li Wenliang dies from the coronavirus -
Transmission: Death Toll
Death toll for coronavirus surpasses 1000 -
Knowledge: Naming COVID-19
WHO names the disease COVID-19 -
Transmission: Japan Cruise Ship
Japan confirms 218 cases aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship -
Containment: Dismissal
China dismisses top party officials in Hubei province -
Transmission: Global Total
64,435 cases, 1,383 deaths -
Transmission: Death Toll
Iran reported two deaths hours after confirming first case
China: 2118 deaths, 74576 cases -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Israel report first confirmed case, Italy confirms third death -
Transmission: Iran's Deputy Health Minister
Health Minister Iraj GHarirchi confirmed he had virus
Worldwide: 82000 cases, 2800 deaths -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Saudi Arabia announced first case
China: 99 new cases with worldwide total of 80651 cases -
Containment: emergency spending
President Trump signed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package to combat COVID-19 -
Transmission: Grand Princess
Vice President Mike Pence: 21 people aboard the Grand Princess tested positive for COVID-19 -
Containment: Border Control
Saudi authorities locked down eastern Qatif region and announced suspension of all schools across country
Italy imposed quarantine in 15 areas in the north -
Containment: St. Patrick's Day
Ireland cancels St. Patrick's Day festivities over COVID-19 concerns -
Containment: Dismissal
Iran released some 70000 prisoners because of the outbreak in the country, without specifying when they would return to jail -
Containment: Dismissal
President Xi visited Wuhan for the first time since the emergence of the virus; visit came as people gradually returned to work in other parts of China -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Lebanon and Morocco report first death from virus -
Transmission: NBA
NBA suspended all basketball games after Utah jass preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19 -
Knowledge: WHO Declaration
WHO declared the coronavirus as a pandemic -
Containment: Cancellation
NHL announced that it will pause its hockey season. -
Containment: Declaration
Trump declared a national state of emergency that could free up $50 billion to help fight the pandemic -
Containment: Cancellation
English Premier League suspended soccer season as others postponed: Melbourne F1 Grand Prix, the PGA Tour's Players Championship and Boston Marathon -
Containment: Quarantines
Kazakstan, the Philippines, and Austria tightened restrictions in a bid to contain the pandemic -
Containment: Border Control
Germany sealed borders with France, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Denmark -
Containment: Border Control
Canada announced plans to close the border to noncitizens -
Knowledge: Vaccine
US researchers administered the first shot of experimental coronavirus vaccine into a person -
Containment: Restrictions
France imposed restrictions on people's movements; President Macron: people should only leave homes for essential activities. -
Containment: Lockdown
Belgium announced plans to lock down the country, becoming the fourth nation in Europe to enact a nationwide quarantine -
Containment: Declaration
Australian PM Scott Morrision declared a "human biosecurity emergency" in the country -
Transmission: China
China reported no new domestic cases for the first time; 34 confirmed cases were registered as "newly diagnosed imported cases." -
Containment: Border Control
Australia and New Zealand announced plans to close their borders to all foreigners -
Transmission: Delay
Connecticut delayed its presidential primary election to June -
Containment: Warning
US State Department raised global travel advisory to Level 4 -
Knowledge: Dr. Li Wenliang
China exonerated Dr. Li Wenliang, the doctor who was reprimanded for warning about COVID-19 -
Transmission: Death and Case
Globally, death toll past 10,000.
More cases in Iran: 14,991 infected and 853 dead -
Containment: EU
EU took step to suspend rules on public deficits, giving countries free rein to inject spending into the economy as needed -
Knowledge: Vaccine
China administered its first clinical trials of coronavirus vaccines to volunteers, according to local media reports -
Containment: Olympics
Canada announced that it will not send athletes to the Olympics later this year if not delayed -
Containment: Aid Workers
US: swept $2 trillion measure to aid workers, businesses, and a healthcare system strained by pandemic -
Transmission: Death and Case
The death toll in Spain past 10,000 -
Knowledge: UN chief
Chief Antonio Guterres warned the pandemic presents world with "worse crisis" since WW2 as global toll cases reach one million and death topped 50,000 -
Knowledge: Warning
WHO warned governments in Middle East that they should act quickly to limit the spread of the virus -
Transmission: Boris Johnson
UK PM was moved into intensive care; released from intensive care on April 9, discharged from hospital April 12 -
Warning: Declaration
Japan declared state of emergency -
Containment: Dismissal
Wuhan began allowing people to leave after being sealed off 76 days to contain the virus -
Containment: Lockdown
India and France extended nationwide lockdown -
Knowledge: IMF
IMF said the global economy was expected to shrink by 3% this year, biggest contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s -
Containment: Religion
Saudi Arabia's grand mufti said prayers (Ramadan & subsequent Eid al-Fitr festival) should be performed at home -
Containment: Suspension
US: President Trump tweeted that he "will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration in the United States!" -
Knowledge: CO2 emission
the head of the World Meteorological Organisation said that the pandemic is expected to drive CO2 emissions down by 6%, biggest yearly drop since WW2 -
Knowledge: Unemployment
number of US citizens who filed first-time unemployment benefits reached a record 26 million -
Transmission: Confirmed Cases
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide exceeded 200,000 -
Transmission: Discharge
Wuhan said it had no remaining cases of infection in hospitals, with all patients discharged -
Containment: Unwinding
French PM Edouard Philippe presented plants to unwind nationwide lockdown from May 11 conditional on the number of new cases dropping below 3000 per day -
Containment: Reopening
Sydney's Bondi Beach and two neighbouring beach reopened -
Knowledge: Remdesivir effective
Gilead Sciences' remdesivir proved effective, shortening the recovery time by four days on average -
Containment: School
Finland's PM Sanna Marin stated that children return to school gradually -
Transmission: Russia
Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin said he tested positive and would self-isolate -
Transmission: Parliament speaker
Pakistan's parliament speaker Asad Qaiser said he tested positive for COVID-19 after hosting an iftar dinner to celebrate Ramadan -
Containment: Dismissal
after 48 days of home confinement, people in Spain are allowed to go for walks -
Transmission: Warning
Afghanistan's health ministry raised the alarm ove the spread of coronavirus after a study suggest that about a third of the capital's residents could be infected -
Knowledge: Origin
Australia's PM Scott Morrison said that the most likely source of COVID-19 was the market in China; Anthony Fauci, the director of US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said that the best evidence shows the novel coronavirus was not made in a laboratory in China -contradicting President Trump's claims -
Transmission: Death Toll
UK recorded highest official death toll in Europe, with more than 30,000 people dead -
Containment: Emergency
Spain extended the state of emergency imposed for two more weeks -
Containment: Lockdown
Brazil's health minister says for the first time that lockdown may be needed -
Transmission: Warning
WHO warned that 83,000 to 190,000 people in Africa could be killed by COVID-19 and infect between 29 million to 44 million if it is not contained
